Leadership?

In my youth group at church, our small group leaders and staff members are constantly encouraging us to be leaders. Leaders: a difficult concept to describe. It's not really taking charge all the time. It's not telling other people what to do. It's more of knowing when to do what by way of pure observance. It's being a good example and encouraging others by example as well as actions and words.
I guess I've always thought of myself as the follower. The person that is constantly learning from someone else. Never a leader. I thought that it wasn't for me. I thought that I didn't have what it takes to be a leader. But now I think I was wrong.
Even if I don't enter church leadership, or get into politics, or become a police sheriff or anything like that; I can still be a leader. I must still be a leader. God has called us to encourage one another and to build one another up. That is leadership. I can't just sit back and let everyone encourage me. I've learned so much from doing nothing that I have so much to offer! This isn't just a point of view, not just a frame of mind; it's action. I need to be the first to speak, and not of myself. I need to be the first to act, in the intrest of others. I need to be the first to admit I don't know what I'm doing. I need to be deep in God's word so that every action reflects His glory, grace, and perfect holiness. And I need to make this more than words on paper.

:)